How Many People Are Named Shunta?

727

people named Shunta are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 470,130 people in the US has this name

Based on 761 babies named Shunta in Social Security records from 1965 to 1998, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#13,011

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#7,422

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Peak Year

1979

78 births

Trend

1998

Last year given

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
96.3%
Male
3.7%

Of the babies given the name Shunta, 96.3% were girls and 3.7% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 94.5% of the babies were girls then and 96.6% in the 1980s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Shunta alive today is about 44 years old, and 98% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 40 and 48 in 2025.

Under 30 11
1.5%
30 to 59 711
97.8%
60 and over 5
0.7%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Shunta first appears in the records in 1965 and was given most often in 1979, to 78 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1998.

Babies given the name each year, 1965 to 1998

🏆 Rank History

Shunta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,612, in 1978.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#1,612 (1978)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#2,555 in the 1970s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Shunta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Shunta were born in Texas than in any other state: about 83 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shunta was given about 5.1 times as often in Texas.

Texas 83
Tennessee 41
Georgia 33
Florida 13
Mississippi 11
Illinois 10
Alabama 7
Virginia 5

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